For the second movement of my trio, I have decided to use the scherzo and trio form for this movement as I believe that this form will best reflect the literary material I am evoking. The scherzo is fast and agitated, depicting the raging river of fire and jousting as described by Dante in the Anger and Greed rings. The trio will be a slower and mysterious section and will depict the flaming tombs and suffering souls in the Heresy ring.
Last Friday, I presented the opening scherzo in seminar class. Overall, the class liked the movement and responded well to what I was attempting to evoke. It was suggested that I could even go further with the depictions with the addition of more angular and disjointed lines. I will incorporate this suggestion into the return of the scherzo after the trio section. As well, at the suggestion of the class, I changed the 11/8 time signature into one bar of 4/4 plus one bar of 3/8 to better reflect the established beat pattern. I am looking forward to finishing this movement this week and moving on to writing the third movement!
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Nearly Finished First Movement and Moving Onward
I have now nearly completed the first movement of my piano trio, which ends with the third ring of hell: Gluttony. I am extremely pleased with my progress and how the piece is developing thus far.
I want to use this post to discuss the next movement of my trio. While the first movement was divided into sections with each depicting a specific ring of hell, the next movement (and the last movement as well) will combine the rings into one integrated structure. I have chosen to do this for a couple of reasons. The first is that the literary depictions of the next three rings are more similar to that of the vastly contrasting first three rings (as depicted in the first movement). The next three rings are: Greed, Anger and Heresy which feature jousting (physical fighting between the souls) and fire. At the moment, angular melodies, clusters, and unexpected rhythmic pulsations will play a key role in the musical material for the movement. As well, I wanted to vary the form of each movement in order to avoid a sense of consistency and predictability in the musical layout.
I will be presenting my work on this movement in class this week and am looking forward to some more feedback from the class.
I want to use this post to discuss the next movement of my trio. While the first movement was divided into sections with each depicting a specific ring of hell, the next movement (and the last movement as well) will combine the rings into one integrated structure. I have chosen to do this for a couple of reasons. The first is that the literary depictions of the next three rings are more similar to that of the vastly contrasting first three rings (as depicted in the first movement). The next three rings are: Greed, Anger and Heresy which feature jousting (physical fighting between the souls) and fire. At the moment, angular melodies, clusters, and unexpected rhythmic pulsations will play a key role in the musical material for the movement. As well, I wanted to vary the form of each movement in order to avoid a sense of consistency and predictability in the musical layout.
I will be presenting my work on this movement in class this week and am looking forward to some more feedback from the class.
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